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Ms. McLeod’s Reel

By on July 11, 2012 in “Tater”, Bluegrass Fiddle, By Ear, By Sight, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, Staff Notation, Style Studies, Wit & Wisdom

Description: Here’s a good one that quickly became one of my personal favorites.  Pronounced: Miss Mic-Cloud’s Reel I’m told. Completely D major… nothing but.  This one’s a little more challenging, as it requires some speed to start sounding fun and more “dance-able” (a “reel” is an Irish dance, by

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Bile Them Cabbage Down

By on July 4, 2012 in “Tater”, A major, Beginner Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle, By Key, By Scale, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Folk Fiddle, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Major Scale, Style Studies

Learn the melody to this simple fiddle tune, by ear, one note at a time.  It is from the early 1800’s, in about every beginner book, and played at nearly every “pot luck picking’ party jam session.”  “Ubiquitous” is a good word for it!  If you’ve been playing only

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Old Joe Clark

By on July 2, 2012 in “Tater”, A major, Beginner Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle, By Ear, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Mixolydian Mode, Note Name – Finger Number, Staff Notation, Style Studies

Description: Fun fiddle tune with crazy lyrics that are the epitome of the early 1800’s era, simple back-ups, E-Z melody uses a lowered 2nd finger on the E string.  Slow version helps with reminders of low 2’s and high 2’s.  Medium speed version is simple with a little guitar

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Clinch Mountain Back-Step

By on June 18, 2012 in “Tater”, A minor, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, Old Time Fiddle, Staff Notation, Style Studies

Clinch Mountain Back-Step Description: Pure old time blues scale stuff!  The melody is nothing but A Blues scale.  Hope you enjoy.  It’s one of my personal favorites! Note: “PLPP” = “Pot Luck Pickin’ Party” a full band version with jamming.  Check the possibilities out! Jam-along: A blues scale

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Cripple Creek

By on June 16, 2012 in “Tater”, Beginner Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle, By Ear, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies

Description: This tune is a “standard” in the pickin’ community.  There are many different versions of it.  This one is purposefully simple to get you started.  Its roots most likely go back to the early 1800’s.  Key of D major.  Note: some folks like to play this tune

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E Minor Piano Funk Jam

By on May 20, 2011 in Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, Cornerstone Styles, E minor, Fiddle Jam, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale, New Jam Lessons, New Jam lessons, Pop & Rock, Style Studies

E blues scale jam lesson. “…It uses the E Blues scale.  The “EZ-Zone” for E Blues is simply 0, 1, 3 fingering on the D & A strings.  Start on an E, end on an E, come back to E the most… heck you could even do the whole solo

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